Boast Quotes

323 Boast quotes by 249 unique authors

Lord Bacon told Sir Edward Coke when he was boasting, The less you speak of your greatness, the more shall I think of it. — William Shakespeare
It's not logical that we boast the most advanced and powerful internationally integrated economy in the world, then claim organizational incompetence and poverty when it… — Jesse Jackson, Jr.
The deep root of failure in our lives is to think, 'Oh how useless and powerless I am.' It is essential to think strongly and… — Dalai Lama
Since every man who lives is born to die, And none can boast sincere felicity, With equal mind, what happens, let us bear, Nor joy… — John Dryden
As long as there is poverty in the world I can never be rich, even if I have a billion dollars. As long as diseases… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
What you are lies with you. If you are lazy, and accept your lot, you may live in it. If you are willing to work,… — Gene Stratton-Porter
I have no prouder boast to say I am Irish and have been privileged to fight for the Irish people and for Ireland. If I… — Unknown Author
When one becomes conscious of his great humility, he has already lost it. When one begins boasting of his humility, it has already become pride-the… — Spencer W. Kimball
Whoever would like to cherish such adders and puny devils - who are the worst enemies of Christ and us all - to befriend them… — Martin Luther
The mark of an educated man is not in his boast that he has built his mountain of facts and has stood on top of… — Unknown Author
You don't impress the officials at NASA with a paper airplane. You don't boast about your crayon sketches in the presence of Picasso. You don't… — Max Lucado
You must be yielded to the Word of God. The Word will work out love in our hearts, and when practical love is in our… — Smith Wigglesworth
We forget the gospel when we neglect our adoption and think that we're still just a hired servant. The Father doesn't let us come to… — Elyse Fitzpatrick
People will not be bored. They may listen politely at a dinner table to boasts and personalities, life history, etc. But in print they choose… — Claude C. Hopkins
We boast of our freedom, and we have your example for it. We talk the language we have always heard you speak. — Samuel Adams
When boasting ends, there dignity begins. — Owen D. Young
"I have not made any arrogant, confident, boasting predictions at all. On the contrary, I have stuck hard to my "blood, toil, tears and sweat,"… — Winston Churchill
Indeed the river is a perpetual gala, and boasts each month a new ornament. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
[Unbelievers] think they have made great efforts to get at the truth when they have spent a few hours in reading some book out of… — Blaise Pascal
Zeus detests above all the boasts of a proud tongue. — Sophocles
Being a Christian... is a character which I prize far above all this world has or can boast. — Patrick Henry
I choose goodness... I will go without a dollar before I take a dishonest one. I will be overlooked before I will boast. I will… — Max Lucado
I wish to boast that Pygmalion has been an extremely successful play all over Europe and North America as well as at home. It is… — George Bernard Shaw
Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others. — Seneca the Younger
I hear no one boast, that he hath a knowledge of the Scriptures, but that he owneth a Bible written in golden characters. And tell… — Saint John Chrysostom

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